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Written by Huggo When beauty meets the brains. See more » Genres: 1 May 2006 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia On January 3, 2013, a team of Brazilian biologists announced their name for a newly-discovered species of orchid bee: Euglossa bazinga. This was to honor the show and specifically Sheldon's mocking catchphrase "bazinga". Long mistaken for another bee, Euglossa ignita, the new species was deliberately tagged "bazinga" for its history of fooling entomologists. Executive producer Steven Molaro responded in a press release: "We are always extremely flattered when the science community embraces our show. Sheldon would be honored to know that Euglossa bazinga was inspired by him. In fact, after Mothra (1961) and griffins, bees are his third-favorite flying creature." See more » Goofs In one of the episodes when Sheldon moves in with Raj, Raj is watching an Indian movie. The actress of that movie is referred to as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan , but it's actually Amisha Patel .

See more » Quotes Sheldon : You're not done with her, are you? Leonard Hofstadter : Our babies are gonna be smart and beautiful. Sheldon : Not to mention imaginary. See more » Crazy Credits One of the final cards to appear in the credit sequence is the vanity card for Chuck Lorre Productions. In keeping with his practice on "Dharma and Greg" and "Two and a Half Men", there is a different message on the card each week, written by Chuck Lorre himself. See more » Connections A laugh track on a broken record player 21 March 2012 | by Gum_Bercules (Melbourne, Australia) – See all my reviews Recently I attempted to watch an episode of this show, however I honestly couldn't even get to the ten minute mark. It was the most contrived and uninteresting thing I have ever attempted to endure. Every single line, no matter how mundane and innocuous, was greeted with a pause in acting so they could fill in the clearly recorded canned laugh track. It was really quite painful. 'Hello'... pause... (laugh track) 'What are you doing?'... pause... (laugh track) 'I'm looking in the fridge'... pause...

(laugh track) And so on and so on, until you just want to kill yourself. Despite all the spoon fed laugh track cues there are literally no real laughs to be had anywhere. Normally with a show this banal one can usually elicit a laugh by laughing AT the people who like it, however, in all honesty, I just feel bad for them. And it's not even pity, I feel embarrassed for them 256 of 472 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes The Big Bang Theory: could America's biggest sitcom end after 10 series? By Susanna Lazarus Wednesday 23 December 2015 at 9:55AM Currently in its ninth series, The Big Bang Theory has surpassed a number of major milestones recently, with Penny and Leonard finally tying the knot, Sheldon and Amy's recent Big Bang and Raj's ability to actually talk to women – but could America's biggest comedy be headed for its final episode?

The series has been renewed for another run (set to air over 2016/2017) but showrunner Steve Molaro has given the first hint that next year's season could be the end of the road for the much-loved sitcom. Asked by The Hollywood Reporter whether producers are planning series 10 to be The Big Bang Theory's last, Molaro replied, "I think so," before adding: "I can't speak to the future or on behalf of the cast or where we'll be then but it's certainly possible that it could go past that. "The reality is that maybe season 10 is the ending point. The real answer is I don't know and all I can do right now is go episode to episode and try to make each one the best that we can. There's still so many episodes to go. Even if hypothetically season 10 was the end, I wouldn't be focusing on that yet. That seems like something that would be dealt with way down the line." Were the series to go out with a Big Bang next year, there's still plenty Molaro wants to do before Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, Raj, Penny, Amy and Bernadette bid adieu.

"There are things floating around that we talk about and say, 'Someday, that might happen. There are still a lot of characters out there in this world that we've never met that I'm still excited, over the next season and a half, to get a chance to do something about. We've never met Penny's mom, Leonard's dad, Sheldon's Meemaw or Howard's dad — and that's a big tentpole that's still floating out there." The Big Bang Theory airs in the UK on Thursdays at 8:30pm on E4 Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Home Big Bang Theory howard The Big Bang Theory is a popular American sitcom from Chuck Lorre Productions and Warner Bros. The Big Bang Theory stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch. The Big Bang Theory was created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers along with showrunner Steven Molaro. Bill Prady was the showrunner for the first five seasons.

The show is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense. No products found in this collection Footer The Big Bang Theory About Forums About The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory is a popular American sitcom from Chuck Lorre Productions and Warner Bros. Television, which airs on the CBS television network in the United States. The Big Bang Theory will soon start production on its tenth season, which will premiere Monday, September 19 on CBS. The Big Bang Theory has not yet been renewed past the upcoming tenth season. The Big Bang Theory stars Jim Parsons , Johnny Galecki , Kaley Cuoco , Simon Helberg , Kunal Nayyar , Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch . The Big Bang Theory was created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady , both of whom serve as executive producers along with showrunner Steven Molaro .

Bill Prady was the showrunner for the first five seasons. The Big Bang Theory is centered on physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter , whose geeky and introverted lives are changed when Penny , an attractive waitress and aspiring actress, moves into the apartment across from theirs. Penny quickly becomes a part of Sheldon and Leonard's social group, which includes the equally geeky engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali , with Penny's common sense and social skills and the guys' geeky interests expanding each other's worlds. The newest additions to the group are Howard's wife Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz and Sheldon's girlfriend Amy Farrah Fowler . Jump to: Leonard & Penny | Sheldon & Amy | Howard & Bernadette | Broadcast History Leonard & Penny's Relationship Leonard became infatuated with Penny in their very first encounter and, at the end of the first season, they finally went out on a date. Penny quickly broke things off as she feared she wasn't smart enough for Leonard, and the two characters again started dating other people. Their relationship was rekindled in Season 3 when Leonard returned from three months in the Arctic.

Penny broke up with Leonard when he told her that he loved her and she could not say the same back. Leonard and Penny's on-again/off-again relationship remained in the off state for the rest of the season. In Season 4, Leonard had a significant relationship with Raj's sister Priya, which would last until early in the fifth season. On the 100th episode of The Big Bang Theory, Leonard spontaneously asked Penny out, to which she said yes. Following a beta test stage of their newly reformed relationship, Leonard and Penny got back together and have remained together since. Penny finally told Leonard she loved him during the sixth season episode, "The 43 Peculiarity". At the end of the sixth season, Leonard left for a fourth month expedition in the North Sea with their relationship seeming strong. After a career setback, Penny proposed to Leonard while drunk and Leonard hesitated to answer. Leonard feared it would end their relationship, but Penny reassured him he made the right decision. After leaving her job at the Cheesecake Factory to focus on her acting career, Penny was devastated when she was fired from a part in a low-budget movie.

Penny resolved to start making better decisions in her life, which she said could include her and Leonard getting married. Although Leonard initially thought Penny only brought this up because of her career problems, she told him that getting fired made her reconsider what's really important. Leonard and Penny finally agreed to get married after Leonard grabbed an engagement ring he's had in his wallet for years, got down on one knee and formally proposed to Penny. During the eighth season, Leonard and Penny slowly adjusted to life as an engaged couple and tentatively looked ahead towards their wedding. Although Leonard and Penny considered moving in together, Sheldon's aversion to change and dependence on his best friend mean Leonard is still living in Apartment 4A. Sheldon agreed to let Leonard spend one night a week at Penny's. Leonard had to adjust to Penny's new role as the main breadwinner following her successful career change to become a pharmaceutical sales rep. After Sheldon pushed Leonard and Penny to set a wedding date, they started to consider their wedding even though they admitted they weren't in a hurry. On the spur of the moment, Penny told Leonard that she was free tonight. When Penny told him Vegas isn't that far away, Leonard said he was in.

As the couple drove to Vegas, Leonard told Penny he had something to confess: during his North Sea expedition, he kissed another woman. Penny thought Leonard was trying to sabotage their engagement by telling her about the kiss. Penny told Leonard she wasn't happy about the kiss, but she could get past it. Leonard and Penny carried on driving to Vegas. Despite Penny's apprehension about Leonard's confession that he kissed another woman, she decides they should go through with the Vegas wedding. During the ceremony, Penny was surprised when Leonard said he had written his own vows. After Leonard's touching vows, Penny improvised a speech based on the song You've Got a Friend from Toy Story. Following their wedding ceremony, as Leonard and Penny tried to make out in their honeymoon suite, Penny told Leonard she couldn't stop picturing him kissing another woman. Things went from bad to worse after Leonard revealed that he still works with the woman he kissed. Leonard and Penny returned home and spent their wedding night in separate apartments. In a bid to convince Penny that his kiss with Mandy was firmly in the past, Leonard spoke to Mandy to see if she would talk to Penny.

When Leonard spoke to Mandy, she made him realize that he might have been trying to sabotage his relationship with Penny by telling her about the kiss. Leonard told Penny that even after all these years he still sometimes feels like he doesn't deserve her, prompting her to admit she also worries about him leaving her. They agreed to stop being so scared of losing each other and instead just be together. After Sheldon reacted poorly to Leonard and Penny's decision to live together, they decided not to make any drastic changes and instead split their time between Apartment 4A and 4B. After Bernadette and Howard revealed that they're expecting, Penny admitted that she sometimes thinks about starting a family, though she's in no rush. During a weekend getaway to a cabin in Big Bear, Sheldon revealed to Penny that Leonard was maintaining a secret bank account, which angered Penny because she earns more money than Leonard. During their fight over Leonard's secret, Penny admitted that she isn't happy with her job but will keep it as it's the grown-up thing to do. When Leonard's mother visited Pasadena, Penny got fed up of Beverly insulting her.

Wondering why Beverly was treating her this way, she told Penny that she was hurt by her and Leonard's decision to elope to Vegas and not invite her to the wedding. To patch things up with her mother-in-law, Penny offered to have another small wedding ceremony while Beverly is still in town. Sheldon & Amy's Relationship Sheldon met Amy Farrah Fowler, a neurobiologist whose Internet dating profile matched the one Howard and Raj set up for Sheldon without his permission, in the third season finale after Howard blackmailed him. When Amy revealed she is there only because she has an agreement with her mother to date once a year, and informed him that all forms of physical contact, up to and including coitus, are off the table, Sheldon offered to buy her a beverage. In the Season 4 premiere, Sheldon and Amy, who had been texting each other over the preceding four months, went on a date at the suggestion of Penny. Sheldon and Amy continued to bond throughout the fourth season, though Sheldon was always clear to point out that she was "a girl who is a friend" but she was not his "girlfriend". After Sheldon discovered feelings of jealousy when Amy went on a date with Stuart, Sheldon and Amy officially became boyfriend and girlfriend.

Sheldon and Amy's relationship progressed when he cuddled Amy, comforting her after Bernadette and Penny left her out of wedding dress shopping. While watching Howard's space launch on TV, in one small step for Sheldon he grabbed hold of Amy's hand. After Sheldon lied about his and Amy's sex life to Barry Kripke, Penny asked Sheldon whether he would ever consider having a sexual relationship with Amy. Sheldon admitted he's always been uncomfortable with the sort of physical contact that comes easily to others, but said he's working on it and that it's a possibility. For Valentine's Day, Sheldon made Amy his "In Case of Emergency" contact at the university. While the gang were playing Dungeons and Dragons, Amy got upset that they were mocking Sheldon & Amy's relationship and asked Sheldon if he thought their relationship will ever get intimate. Sheldon told Amy he doesn't consider their relationship a joke and that he would not rule intimacy out. Sheldon then played out the love potion scenario of the game with Amy, much to her pleasure. For Valentine's Day, Amy arranged a romantic weekend trip to Napa Valley aboard a vintage train. After Sheldon spent the journey with a fellow train enthusiast, Amy confronted him about his behavior.

Sheldon made Amy admit she manipulated him with the perfect trip in pursuit of romance, so Sheldon sarcastically gave her the romance she wanted. Sheldon drank wine, stared into her eyes and then kissed her. Though he intended the kiss to be short and sarcastic, Sheldon lingered and seemed like he may have enjoyed it. When Sheldon spent Anything Can Happen Thursday with Penny, she took him to see a psychic. As Sheldon was struggling with career changes, the psychic told him all his issues personally and professionally would be solved if he commits completely to Amy. When the girls decided to throw a prom party on the roof of the apartment building, Sheldon agreed to participate in all the usual prom customs. As the night grew nearer, Sheldon was increasingly worried that Amy might be expecting something physical to happen on the night of the prom. When Sheldon went to pick up Amy to go to the party, he was overwhelmed and ran back to his bedroom. After Amy went to talk to Sheldon, she said she didn't want to miss another prom and was going to go to the party. Sheldon came out of his room to tell her he really did think she looked pretty. Amy assured Sheldon that they did not have to spend the night together just because it's prom.

Amy went on to tell Sheldon there was something else she wanted to say, but she wanted him to know that he didn't have to say it back. Sheldon interrupted Amy to say he loves her too. Amy started to have a panic attack of her own. When Amy decided to throw a Christmas party, Sheldon was unhappy at being forced to celebrate the holiday. To get revenge on Amy, Sheldon was determined to show her up with a big gift despite agreeing not to exchange gifts. Sheldon gave Amy a picture of him smiling on Santa's lap, which she loved. Although Sheldon hoped Amy would be embarrassed by not having a gift to give him, Amy had made him a box of cookies following his beloved MeeMaw's recipe. Sheldon was surprised they were both happy at Christmas. Sheldon and Amy's relationship had to cope with Sheldon's jealousy when Amy worked on a paper with Barry Kripke, and Amy's anger when Sheldon signed up for a Mars colonization project without talking to her first. When Sheldon and Amy spent an evening erecting a blanket fort in the living room, Sheldon was having so much fun that he extended the parameters of date night to allow Amy to stay over.

When Sheldon interrupted their date night kissing to ask Amy's opinion about a TV show, Amy grew angry with his lack of focus on their date. Amy took a few days away from Sheldon to consider their relationship and, after contacting Sheldon by video chat, told him she needed to take a break. Sheldon reluctantly accepted Amy's adjournment of their relationship. When Amy ended the video chat, Sheldon turned to his Gollum figure to ask what he should do with this engagement ring. After Sheldon and Amy broke up, they both struggled to come to terms with still seeing each other even though they were no longer together. When Sheldon filmed an episode of Fun with Flags filled with veiled mentions of his split from Amy, she angrily told him to take the video down. Sheldon and Amy both had to come to terms with the idea of them seeing other people. Sheldon was upset when Barry Kripke expressed an interest in Amy, which she ultimately did not reciprocate. Sheldon's latent feelings for Amy and his upset over their break-up came to the fore when he was interviewed for a documentary about Spock. When Sheldon realized he still had feelings for Amy, he went to her apartment to talk to her but instead observed her kissing another guy.

To move on from Amy, Sheldon had Howard and Raj set up an online scavenger hunt to try find him a suitable new partner. When an attractive woman solved the puzzles and showed up at his door, Sheldon sent her away despite her scientific interests because she'd missed the deadline. For their first Thanksgiving since breaking-up, Sheldon phoned Amy to give her the Aquarium tickets since nobody else wanted to go with him. Amy asked Sheldon whether he'd be comfortable going together as friends. After they spent the day together, Amy called Sheldon to say she's ready to be his girlfriend again. Sheldon turned Amy down, telling her that getting over her was not something he excelled at. As Sheldon was gradually driven crazy by a song he had stuck in his head, he finally recognized the song, "Darlin'" by The Beach Boys, and its meaning to him. Sheldon realized the song was about his relationship with Amy, so he rushed over to Amy's apartment to get back together with her. Back together in time for Amy's birthday, Sheldon decided to give Amy something special for her birthday - even though it meant missing the new Star Wars movie.

Sheldon talked through his ideas for Amy's birthday with Penny and Bernadette, who were surprised by his decision to have coitus with Amy. When Amy heard about Sheldon's plan, she was more than up for it. After their big night together, Sheldon and Amy both agreed they enjoyed it more than they thought they would. Sheldon told Amy he is looking forward to her next birthday when they do it again. Sheldon and Amy's newly revitalized relationship survived a visit from Sheldon's Meemaw, Constance, who was unhappy with Amy because of how she hurt Sheldon by breaking up with him. Sheldon eventually defended Amy to his Meemaw, saying they've both grown by being together. Sheldon got Meemaw to give her blessing in case Sheldon decides to hand her the engagement ring he's been keeping. For a Valentine's Day present, Sheldon added Amy's name to their Fun with Flags show, hosting a special live edition on Valentine's Day although the show ended up having very little to do with flags. For his birthday, Amy eventually convinced Sheldon to let her and the gang throw him a birthday party.

After Sheldon's laptop died and Amy bought him a new one, he shared a secret with her by showing her his storage lot of old belongings he couldn't bring himself to throw away. Howard & Bernadette's relationship After Howard called in a deal he had with Leonard, Penny set Howard up with Bernadette Rostenkowski, a microbiologist who worked at the Cheesecake Factory with Penny. Though Howard and Bernadette initially appeared to have little in common, they soon bonded over their overbearing mothers and began dating. When Howard realized this could become a lasting relationship, he suddenly proposed to Bernadette. She did not accept the proposal, but the pair continued to date. Towards the end of Season 3, Bernadette abruptly broke up with Howard. It was later revealed she dumped Howard when she caught him having cyber sex with "Glacinda the Troll" on World of Warcraft. Howard and Bernadette got back together early in Season 4. After around six months of dating, Howard proposed to Bernadette and this time she accepted. As the engaged couple prepared for marriage, Howard began to accept Bernadette might be the breadwinner in their relationship and agreed he would stay at home if they had kids.

After Wil Wheaton uploaded a video of Raj drunkenly describing some of Howard's sexual conquests, Bernadette questioned their impending nuptials. A heart-felt apology from Howard for his past behavior won Bernadette over. As Howard's space mission approached, Bernadette decided that they should get married before he goes into space. After the couple were unable to wed at City Hall, they agreed to marry on the roof of the guys' apartment as the Google Earth satellite passed above. Sheldon, Leonard, Penny, Raj and Amy became ministers and performed the wedding. When Howard returned from space, he and Bernadette had to adjust to life as a married couple. Bernadette eventually convinced Howard to move out of his mother's house, only to decide they should move some of Howard's stuff back so as not to break his mother's heart. For the anniversary for their first date, Howard wrote Bernadette a song which he played to her in a quarantine room, accompanied by their friends. Following the death of his mother, Howard and Bernadette moved into Mrs. Wolowitz's old house and have worked on renovating it.

Despite Howard's reluctance to change his childhood home, he eventually agreed to let Bernadette redesign the dining room. When Bernadette's father, Mike, raised the issue of starting a family, he was under the illusion that it was Howard who didn't want kids. Bernadette agreed to think about their family life when Howard promised he would help out a lot more when they had a kid, as he wants to be the kind of father who's always around. After Bernadette revealed that she was pregnant, Howard's excitement quickly turned to dread as he started to worry about the difficulty of raising a child. Howard's realization that he will need to earn more money to take care of his family lead him to join up with Sheldon and Leonard to patent their idea of using superfluid helium in quantum vortices for guidance systems. Broadcast History The Big Bang Theory was originally developed for the 2006/07 season, though the pilot did not get picked up. The pilot was markedly different from the pilot which would eventually air. Only Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki were part of the unaired pilot, which featured a much tougher character in the role that would become Penny in the second pilot.

The pilot was rewritten and Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar were cast. The retooled show was picked up by CBS in May 2007 with a thirteen-episode order for the 2007/08 season and given the 8:30 time slot on CBS's popular Monday night comedy block, sandwiched between How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men. The Big Bang Theory premiered on September 24, 2007 and ran eight episodes before the 2007/8 Writers' Strike halted production. Following its modest ratings success in the Fall, CBS renewed the show for a second season in February 2008. The Big Bang Theory moved to Mondays at 8:00 in March 2008 when new episodes resumed following the strike. The show finished the 2007/08 season ranked #68 in the ratings. The Big Bang Theory returned for its second season on September 22, 2008 and saw its ratings continue to rise.

The show got a two season pick-up in March 2009, taking it through to its fourth season in 2010/11. The Big Bang Theory finished its second season at #44 in the ratings. CBS moved The Big Bang Theory to Mondays at 9:30, following the then-#1 sitcom Two and a Half Men, for its third season. The show would finish the season as the #12 ranked show on TV. For its fourth season, CBS moved The Big Bang Theory to Thursdays at 8:00 where it would lead a new comedy block. The Big Bang Theory was renewed for a further three seasons in January 2011, taking it through to its seventh season in 2013/14. The show finished its fourth season as the 13th most-watched show on TV. The Big Bang Theory's popularity continued to rise in its fifth season, during which it reached 100 episodes and started airing in syndication. The Big Bang Theory became the US's top-rated sitcom in the 2011/12 season and was the 8th most-watched program on TV.

The sixth season saw ratings rise further, hitting twenty million viewers for the first time. The Big Bang Theory averaged 18.68 million viewers during its sixth season and was the 3rd highest-rated program on TV. The Big Bang Theory was renewed for another three seasons in March 2014, taking the show through to its tenth season in 2016/17. During The Big Bang Theory's seventh season, the show ranked as the top-rated scripted program on U.S. television, overtaking CBS drama NCIS. Before production on the eighth season of the show began, the five original cast members all signed new contracts to return to the show for the next three years. Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch had already signed new contracts in September 2013. After CBS won the rights to air Thursday Night Football matches between September and November 2014, the network made the decision to move The Big Bang Theory to Monday nights for the start of its eighth season. Six episodes of the eighth season aired on Monday between September 22 and October 20. The show moved back to its regular Thursday night time period on October 30.

Although The Big Bang Theory's ratings fell year-to-year during its eighth season, the show remained the #1 sitcom on U.S. TV. The Big Bang Theory began its ninth season on Monday, September 21, 2015, starting the season on Monday nights to make room for Thursday Night Football. The Big Bang Theory moved back to its regular Thursday night slot on November 5, 2015. The Big Bang Theory's ninth season consisted of twenty-four episodes with the season finale broadcast on Thursday, May 12, 2016. During the 2015/16 season, The Big Bang Theory was the highest-rated and most-watched sitcom on television. The Big Bang Theory had an average of over 15 million viewers per episode and an average rating of 3.7 in the key 18-49 demo for its ninth season. The Big Bang Theory will return for its tenth season on CBS in the fall of 2016. As of May 2016, The Big Bang Theory has not yet been renewed past the 2016/17 season.

At its Upfront presentation in May 2016, CBS announced The Big Bang Theory will again start the season on Monday nights at 8/7c because of Thursday Night Football, with season premiere airing Monday, September 19, 2016. The show is set to move back to its regular Thursday night time period from October 27, 2016. Learn more about The Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Lego: See Leonard, Sheldon, Penny, Raj and Howard minifigures By Ellie Walker-Arnott Wednesday 3 June 2015 at 9:05AM The Big Bang Theory gang have been given the Lego treatment, with Penny, Leonard, Sheldon, Raj and Howard transformed into minifigures, complete with iconic outfits and science-themed props. Lego has given fans of the hit US sitcom a sneak peek into the world of the mini Big Bang, posting images of the first five figures before two additional characters – presumably Amy and Bernadette – are unveiled on the site later today. The concept was first launched on the Lego Ideas website , which has previously hosted successful campaigns for Back to the Future and Ghostbusters sets, back in November last year.

The initiative encourages fans to post their own models with the guarantee that any projects earning over 10,000 supporters will be granted an official review by Lego themselves. The Big Bang gang where first proposed by Lego Ideas members Alatariel and GlenBricker. Now the mini-figures are in Lego factories, and will go on general sale later this year. The Staircase Implementation | The Big Bang Theory Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia ​"The Staircase Implementation" is the twenty-second and penultimate episode of the third season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory . This episode first aired on Monday, May 17, 2010. Contents [ show ] Summary Leonard tells Penny the tale of how he met Sheldon , Raj and Howard and what happened to break their elevator . Extended Plot Penny is about to do her toenails because she has her father's feet, when she hears Leonard and Sheldon fighting over the thermostat setting. Leonard comes over to Penny's apartment and asks if he can sleep on her couch . When Penny remarks that Leonard is nuts for living with Sheldon, he tells Penny the story of how he first met him seven years ago when Sheldon was worse.

Leonard starts out with explaining how he had just started at Caltech and he needed a room for rent. The elevator was still working in the apartment building and he sees Sheldon's previous roommate , Sebastian , leaving and warning him about Sheldon being crazy . He does not heed this warning, thinking the previous roommate was the crazy one. After Leonard mistakenly knocks on his future transvestite neighbor 's apartment door by mistake (who also considers Sheldon to be the crazy one), he meets Sheldon. Sheldon first quizzes Leonard about his job and his science fiction character preferences before he allows him to enter. At this point, Sheldon's apartment is far more empty, having only two lawn chairs instead of the couch and armchair , although the lawn chair is in almost the same position as his present-day "spot" . Sheldon gives a series of interview questions to verify whether or not Leonard is a good and worthy roommate to have and gives him a tour , which includes showing him his future room with "DIE SHELDON DIE" painted on a wall by the previous roommate, which Sheldon says that Leonard should repaint. After working out seemingly countless pages of the roommate agreement , Leonard moves in. Leonard signing the Roommate Agreement.

Penny cannot understand how Leonard decided to stay with Sheldon, and has no sympathy for him, following which Leonard tells her about when Sheldon kicked Joyce Kim , Leonard's girlfriend , out of the apartment. This incident shocks Penny, and she asks why he still stayed after that. Leonard tells her it turned out to be a good thing as Kim was a North Korean spy and Leonard had been working on classified rocket fuel for the government : Joyce Kim was trying to seduce Leonard for information, which, due to Sheldon, proved unsuccessful as she then defected back to North Korea. Penny now knows half of the story now: Leonard stayed with Sheldon because the latter protected him from going to prison for treason . Leonard in bed with Joyce Kim. Leonard mentions that the other part of his story has to do with the elevator 's destruction, and he continues the story. Sheldon comes home from work and he meets Raj and Howard who work at the university too, for the first time. He finds that Leonard has replaced Sheldon's lawn chairs with the sofa that is currently in the apartment, which Sheldon isn't too happy with initially. Soon, after a lot of switching spots, Sheldon finally claims his "spot" on the couch.

After the other guys leave due to Sheldon's annoyances, they go to Howard's place. Leonard prepares to mix the rocket fuel into Tovex in order to create a combustible gel. Leonard discovers that Howard has a rocket , which he claims could break the sound barrier if it was running on the fuel Leonard was working on. Leonard tells Penny that he had some rocket fuel in the apartment and they went back to mix some. However, Sheldon notices that Leonard did not adjust the fuel for Howard's rocket size correctly, and the fuel starts smoking, causing Leonard to panic . Leonard attempts to take it outside and confine the smoking fuel to the elevator, but Sheldon knows precisely how long he has until it explodes , so he pushes Leonard out of the elevator before stepping out himself and closing the door. Within seconds, the fuel explodes, explaining why the elevator no longer works. Leonard explains his continued friendship with Sheldon by pointing out that Sheldon saved his life and didn't rat him out to the landlord , the police , or Homeland Security . While Penny gets a little annoyed at the fact that he is the reason that she has to use the stairs every day, Leonard asks her what she did seven years ago.

While she lies to him about doing community service and studying hard, it is revealed to the audience that she was relieved holding a negative pregnancy test . Leonard goes back to the apartment and apologizes to Sheldon for his argument over the thermostat. However, when Leonard turns the TV on and tries to watch Babylon 5 , a whole new fight starts, greatly amusing Penny. Credits Story: Lee Aronsohn , Steven Molaro & Steve Holland Critics "A terrific episode. It wasn't as emotionally resonant or as funny as it might have been but I have no complaints with a real good faith effort to apply actual characterization to these characters...First off I was delighted to see a flashback story; just to see The Big Bang Theory try something new was good. But the flashback is always a rich source for sitcoms and this was no exception...This isn't the show's best episode by any means. But it's one that does such a good job with continuity, characterization and just changing the formula that it encourages me as a viewer to invest more in future episodes.

Great work." - The TV Critic's Review IMDb user reviews Notes Title Reference: After a failed experiment renders the elevator useless, the staircase has to be used (and is therefore often featured as a setting for conversations between various characters). Hawkman Trivia The hitherto unseen characters of Joyce Kim , a North Korean spy who dated Leonard , and the pair's original neighbor , Louie/Louise , the "200 pound transvestite with a skin condition " are seen. Sheldon 's lawn chair faced the television at a direct angle, thus discouraging conversation. As explained in the " pilot " (S1E1) and " The Gorilla Experiment " (S3E10), his spot faces the television at an indirect angle, thus encouraging conversation. (Apparently over the years he learned to tolerate company.) During the second of three sets of questions , Sheldon asks if Leonard has a vehicle . Leonard has a car , but asks, "Can't you drive ?" And Sheldon claims that "I can.

I choose not to." During his simulated driving lessons he actually proved to be a very bad driver in " The Euclid Alternative " (S2E5); however, his face slightly twitches as he says it, which is one of Sheldon's facial tics that indicates he is lying. Sheldon finds his spot. Sheldon makes two blatantly wrong predictions in flashbacks: Firefly would run "for years" and told Raj that he would be sorry he wasted his money on an Apple iPod when Microsoft "comes out with theirs" (implying the Microsoft Zune would be more popular than the iPod series). Sheldon related the Zune story to Amy in " The Indecision Amalgamation " (S7E19). In reality, "Firefly" only lasted for one season before being cancelled by Fox because of low number of views (leading to Sheldon's hatred of Fox and, by extension, Rupert Murdoch ) while the Microsoft Zune dwindled in sales from the moment it was released (with the entire line being discontinued a mere five years later after initial release), while the iPod became a global icon when it came to music players.

In Howard 's room of 2003 they showed a Roboraptor and a slim line PS2 , neither of which was available then (he most likely got elected for testing them since he has a master's degree in mechanical engineering ). While forming the Roommate Agreement Sheldon finishes the section for television and movies and moves onto section 9: miscellanea, making television and movies section 8. However, in the flashback with Joyce Kim in Leonard's bedroom, Sheldon states that section 8 is visitors (most likely, section 8 was for both). When Leonard, Howard, and Raj are playing on Sheldon's Nintendo Gamecube , you can closely hear the Waluigi Stadium/Wario Coliseum music from Mario Kart: Double Dash. The present Leonard in 2010 refers to events seven years ago (2003) and states, "I’d just started at the university ." The past Leonard introduces Howard and Raj to Sheldon with, "They work at the university, too." These allusions to such an early point in time at the university, perhaps unintentionally, imply some of the main characters are not faculty members in the flashback.

Since Leonard was born in 1980 (S4E10:" The Alien Parasite Hypothesis "), and got his doctorate at twenty-four (S1E9:" The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization "), he was not finished with graduate school when he started at Caltech. Similarly, Rajesh was born in 1981 (S1E8:" The Grasshopper Experiment "), which means at twenty-one or twenty-two years old, he probably wasn't finished with graduate school either. Howard, also born in 1981 (S2E1:" The Bad Fish Paradigm "), only has a master's degree, thus, the chronological events presented may not be a continuity concern regarding his character. Note this possible mistake has no bearing on child prodigy Sheldon, though. Further, Leonard must have completed his doctoral studies at Caltech, working as a graduate research assistant, and the same can likely be said of Raj. The gang in their early days. Although the episode " The Nerdvana Annihilation " (S1E14), Season 1, in 2008, Leonard claims that the elevator has been broken for two years (2006).

This episode states that the elevator has been broken since 2003. Given the year of 2003, the episodes of "Firefly" that Sheldon is referring to places the episode's date(s) in 2003 between June 28 and December 13. In " The Jerusalem Duality " (S1E12): Penny: "I don’t understand, exactly how did he get any friends in the first place?" Howard: "We liked Leonard." The episode of this article clearly establishes that. Sheldon gets upset when someone phrases a response with an air of uncertainty, as when he asks Leonard about the sixth noble gas. This act is also evident in " The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition " (S2E19), when Alicia pondered "freakishly feline ." Sheldon says to Leonard, as he introduces his room, "Huzzah!" He previously said it while discussing fifteenth century historical inaccuracies at the Renaissance Fair in " The Codpiece Topology " (S2E22).

Sheldon put Leonard in his spam folder after he forwarded him a picture of a cat playing the piano , entitled "This is Funny." In " The Panty Piñata Polarization " (S2E7), Sheldon told Penny she violated his rule about forwarding email humor, the photo of the cat who wants to “has cheezburger," and gave her a "strike." Sheldon considers LOLcats Internet banality. One of Leonard's whiteboards contains an analysis of hydrazine propulsion systems, specifically, the chemical equation for the irreversible process spontaneous exothermic chemical decomposition of hydrazine, followed by an equation for the endothermic dissociation of ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen. Referenced thrust values, including those for the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) and Saturn-V , are also provided. Sheldon's work on his whiteboards is on Ginzburg-Landau Theory . Even if Sheldon or Leonard invented time travel at some point in the future, it would be impossible for them to go back and give it to themselves, as this would create a predestination paradox . One would expect Sheldon to understand this. Sheldon owned a Palm Treo. On iTunes, the date of the flashbacks is Apr.

28, 2003. Second episode where Sheldon claims he is in hell due to mundane discomfort. First was " The Gorilla Experiment " (S3E10). Sheldon gets angry about Leonard setting the thermostat to 73 degrees. Ironically 73 is his favourite number. First episode where Penny's family home in Nebraska is shown, where we see here what is obviously her old bedroom. Goofs Sheldon intrudes upon Leonard while he is in bed with Joyce Kim. In " The Hamburger Postulate ", when Leonard and Leslie Winkle are having sex, Sheldon is unsure of what to do in those kind of situations, and states that it has never happened before. He asks Penny for advice. In this episode, he breaks into Leonard's room right when Leonard and Joyce Kim are making out, contradicting Sheldon's statement in " The Hamburger Postulate ". However, Leonard and Joyce weren't technically having coitus at the time. When Sheldon says, “The second barrier.

Don‘t get cocky.“, the closed captioning says, “Don‘t get coy.‘‘ Quotes (Penny is about to do her nails) Penny: Okay, Babydoll Pink, let's see if you can cover up the fact that I got my dad's feet. (Leonard and Sheldon have started fighting which can be heard from Penny's place) Leonard: 2 degrees, Sheldon! I just wanna turn up the thermostat by 2 degrees! Sheldon: Let me point out that 2 degrees can be the difference between water and steam! Leonard: Yes, if we lived in a tea kettle! Sheldon: This is the temperature you agreed to in the Roommate Agreement! Leonard: Aw, screw the Roommate Agreement! Sheldon: No, you don't screw the Roommate Agreement, the Roommate Agreement screws you! Leonard: You know what, Go to hell and set their thermostat! Sheldon: I don't have to go to hell. At 73 degrees, I'm there (at the apartment) already! (Leonard slams their door and knocks on Penny's.) Penny: Who is it?

Why are Simon Helberg (Howard) and Kunal Nayyar (Raj) paid less than Johnny Galecki (Leonard) and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting (Penny) for their roles in The Big Bang Theory? - Quora The Big Bang Theory (TV series) Why are Simon Helberg (Howard) and Kunal Nayyar (Raj) paid less than Johnny Galecki (Leonard) and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting (Penny) for their roles in The Big Bang Theory? It is probably easy to argue that Jim Parsons (Sheldon) is the star of the show and it could not survive without him, but the rest of the cast seem to rank equally in importance. I'd also argue that Mayim Bialik (Amy Farrah Fowler) and Melissa Rauch (Bernadette) should be paid the same as the others, despite joining the show later. Written Aug 9, 2015 I think the Leonard and Penny relationship draw keeps more viewers entertained than the Howard and Raj bromance. Having Leonard and Penny in an actual relationship makes the show like a regular sitcom with drama and all that. It's there because people love it. Look at Friends.

Would the show be anywhere close to its popularity if Ross and Rachel never got together and then broke up and then repeated about 10 times? No. Do not be fooled with the Big Bang Theory. It is a regular show with a very different theme. The theme is what sets it apart, but the actual premise of the show (friends hanging out, dealing with life and relationships - sound familiar?) is ordinary, if not cliche for a sitcom. So, the Leonard and Penny relationship sort of "grounds" the show I guess. It's something for all the viewers to either relate to or feel comfortable watching because they've seen the story before. Without the romance aspect of the show, it would be only about 4 guys making quirky references to things that half the viewership probably doesn't understand. And while Sheldon and Amy are a funny couple, it's very different. And Howard and Bernadette are married. It would be the same as trying to make Friends be driven by Monica and Chandler. Great couple, but not interesting enough to be the main story. Married couples' relationships are sorta boring. They're supposed to be the rock of the show. Sure they have arguments, but at the end of the day, it all works out.

Lastly, all the Friends were equally important to their show. Take one out, the show would not be what it was. Take out five, and you get Joey, a complete trainwreck of a spinoff if there ever was one (and there was: it was called That 80's Show- also terrible). When you look at the Big Bang Theory, the show has sort of proven that you can add characters in and it doesn't really make a difference, as long as Sheldon, Penny, and (to a lesser extent) Leonard are there. I only include Leonard because he is the character everyone can relate to. He is the classic protagonist. He isn't too funny, he isn't too dorky, he isn't too... anything. He is some of everything. He is just there to do whatever needs to be done. He is the main character. I don't need to explain why Sheldon is important.

Penny is important because she's been there since the start and has become, along with Sheldon, the face of the show, also making them the face of modern day comedy as since How I Met Your Mother ended (a show that never has reached TBBT's popularity, but I would say has much more quality over TBBT), TBBT is really the only decent sitcom on network television. Penny is beautiful and funny and sort of dumb. Anyone who doesn't like the geeky theme (by "doesn't like" I mean doesn't really get the jokes- if they didn't like it they wouldn't watch obviously) is sort of represented by Penny. And as the show progressed, you'd see Penny start to become somewhat well versed in some of the geek topics, similar to how maybe those viewers are also getting to know it. Just a thought. While I also think Amy, Raj, and Howard should be paid more, I must say they do not drive the show. They're funny as all hell, but they are replaceable. Amy wasn't even a regular until season 4 or 5. And a lot of people regard seasons 1-3 as the show's best seasons.

I'm not saying Amy makes the show worse (because I love seasons 4-7. I would say 8 but I haven't watched yet) but I am saying the show could survive. Think about how her character has changed to serve a different purpose. She was originally going to be the female Sheldon. And she was. But then she became her own. And I must say, the Amy we see today is much better and funnier. But that just shows you how easy it is to mold the show, because it only centers around 3 main characters. Raj and Howard would be harder to replace, but it could be done I believe. The show would lose quality, but the show would go on. I disagree that Bernadette deserves more. I don't want to say she deserves less, but she doesn't deserve to be making Sheldon type money. While her character is funny and cute, in the grand scheme of the show, she is sort of a plot device used to develop Howard's character and provide Penny with a buddy-buddy friend to talk to when Amy just can't help.

Of course there are some episodes where she is important, but almost all the episodes involve her with Howard or Penny (and I guess Amy too), not really with Sheldon, Leonard, or Raj. The TV shows nowadays have to pay on importance. And Sheldon and Penny are by far the most important, followed by Leonard due to reasons I previously listed. The rest are great but aren't the selling points of the show. All the Friends were paid equally because they were all important. Friends had a magic to the show that TBBT could never replicate. However, TBBT has provided many moments that Friends could never have done either. Both shows are great. Just thought I'd compare as Friends is the gold standard of sitcoms. Also, the show was originally going to be called something like Shelly, Penny, and Lenny which is obviously Sheldon, Penny, and Leonard. So that just shows that the writers know who is most important. Written Aug 22, 2015 Genwei Zagorac 's answer is a good one from the Show Producer's perspective. I might add two points: the show was clearly (in Season 1) designed to center around Leonard and Penny, as well as Sheldon.

Howard and Raj initially were supporting roles, with less screen time and importance. The relative scales were probably partially locked in then. As the show had "legs" and became more popular, and due to the strength of the supporting performances Nayyar, Helberg, then Bialik and Rauch, their roles were expanded. But the relative salaries were actually a lot more typical than Friends. The Six leads of Friends famously negotiated as a GROUP, all at once once that show became a hit (it wasn't a certain hit), and all for the same amount. Some of the cast maybe could have got more (Jennifer Aniston in particular, she was the breakout star early one) but they negotiated as a group. I think the Simpson's cast does the same thing. If Parsons and Cuoco Sweeting were willing to take a little less, and insisted on bargaining with the others as a group, the other members could probably make all the same. Note: some other ensemble shows, famously the West Wing, started out as more focused on one characters (Sam in that case), but became more equal as the show continues and the performances and story took it that way. Friends is unusual as it had planned equal screen time and story weight from day 1.

BTW: Cuoco Sweeting is as much a breakout star as Parson, and should go to work in film. She is doing excellent work and has excellent comedy timing and delivery, I think. There are lots of funny women, and a number of really pretty women who are funny, and also lots of stunning, drop dead hot women. But stunning and with genuine comedy instincts? That is a valuable commodity (other examples: Terri Gar, Jennifer Aniston, and Christina Applegate (from Anchorman)) These women can hold the screen with any top male comedian.

Question: Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, Howard and Penny are characters in which US sitcom?
Answer: Big Bang Theory